Alternate of RMSC

[Anonymous]

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jordan31 wrote:Hello ,
my kid is current RMSC swimmer but I dont like the way coaches teach in RMSC (cant mention specific location) but most of the coaches at her location don't correct the technique or stroke. Swimmers Just keep practicing their technique and keep doing repetition. there are few good swimmers who are always gets attention (most of them corrected stroke in swim Clinique or spend money outside RMSC ).

My question is how can Swimmer participate in different meets if they are not part of RMSC ?
what are the different ways to improve swimmers technique ? coaches even don't prefer to talk to parents .
is there any other option except RMSC in moco ?

after all these hype how many swimmers make it to the national swimming team.

Thank you

Are you a swimmer? what age is your swimmer? Have you emailed the coach specific questions about your child's stroke? Coaches don't usually speak to parents after all of the practices. It is not clear to me what you are complaining about. When the kids are young, sometimes a few private lessons help with stroke and form.

There are a few really nasty coaches that are really nasty to the kids and shouldn't be coaching. At KSAC, there is one and lots of families have left because of them.

There is one a Rockville also. What can you do. Nothing.

More than one at Rockville site

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would highly recommend All Star Aquatics. There were a number of RMSC swimmers who transferred over this season.

Yep. We are one of them. Left RMSC after many years. My son swam elsewhere as a new swimmer so his technique was very good when he got to RMSC but he still needed private lessons for tune ups.
RMSC is very social and kid love it but they do not correct bad form very often.
ASA is great and the coaches really seem to care how the kids are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of options of other clubs in MoCo: NCAP, ASA, sea Devils, and I think a team at Fairlands.

You have to compete with your team so kid would need to switch teams -x can’t pick and choose meets.

Also Tollefson.

[Anonymous]

jordan31 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure you would necessarily be happier in another location. I'm not sure there is a team out there that provides what you expect. Changing technique is a slow process. If a coach could just tell a kid one time to stop crossing the midline, stop lifting your head so much on fly, put the outside edge of your hand in first on backstroke, etc., etc., etc., swimming would be a different sport.

Swimming is very technical. If you don't want to spend the money on clinics or private lessons where there is more opportunity for individualized feedback, then maybe watching swim technique videos will help your kid.

You and your kid may hate this suggestion, but talking to the coach before or after practice could help. Your kid could improve in dozens of ways. What is your kid actively working on in practice? When they do drills is he focused on technique and improving? Does he use that knowledge and implement it in the next practice? If your kid is in the pool just mindlessly swimming laps without thought of improving or technique then no coaching will help.

The problem which I am seeing is universal across many kids. When kids are doing wrong coaches don’t stop them and correct them. Average each coach has 4-5 kids not a big things to pay attention and ask them to improve. Second they are not interested in talking to parents . Many kids have wrong technique , bad start turn . Sometimes when I look at them just feels like why they are wasting time.. I seen rarely coaches talk abt technique .. drills they do is horrible..

I understand. RMSC is kind of like a one size fits all program, if kids start out with the right foundation it can work well, but I could see this being an issue. The good news is there are other options in the area, but more expensive.

[Anonymous]

jordan31 wrote:Hello ,
my kid is current RMSC swimmer but I dont like the way coaches teach in RMSC (cant mention specific location) but most of the coaches at her location don't correct the technique or stroke. Swimmers Just keep practicing their technique and keep doing repetition. there are few good swimmers who are always gets attention (most of them corrected stroke in swim Clinique or spend money outside RMSC ).

My question is how can Swimmer participate in different meets if they are not part of RMSC ?
what are the different ways to improve swimmers technique ? coaches even don't prefer to talk to parents .
is there any other option except RMSC in moco ?

after all these hype how many swimmers make it to the national swimming team.

Thank you

What you describe is an inherent challenge to swim team practices. You can switch clubs but you’re not going to find what you’re looking for outside of a private coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jordan31 wrote:Hello ,
my kid is current RMSC swimmer but I dont like the way coaches teach in RMSC (cant mention specific location) but most of the coaches at her location don't correct the technique or stroke. Swimmers Just keep practicing their technique and keep doing repetition. there are few good swimmers who are always gets attention (most of them corrected stroke in swim Clinique or spend money outside RMSC ).

My question is how can Swimmer participate in different meets if they are not part of RMSC ?
what are the different ways to improve swimmers technique ? coaches even don't prefer to talk to parents .
is there any other option except RMSC in moco ?

after all these hype how many swimmers make it to the national swimming team.

Thank you

What you describe is an inherent challenge to swim team practices. You can switch clubs but you’re not going to find what you’re looking for outside of a private coach.

Is private coaching standard for “strong” club swimmers? I’ve seen it referenced a lot on this forum. Strong is obviously subjective, but is it common for an AA or AAA+ swimmer to seek private instruction to work toward a big cut in certain events? If so, through what avenue? Doesn’t seem like clubs provide this?

[Anonymous]

Don't let your kid keep practicing bad stroke form and technique. Get those fixed ASAP, whether through a private coach or paying for 1:1 coach time after practice. Once your kid fixes those (which typically takes 4-6 months), you'll see a dramatic improvement in your kid's times. It's not worth switching clubs to just get 1:1 coaching.

Think about what you would do about your kid being in a great school with some bad teachers who favored the A students? You would pay for extra tutoring to help your kid catch up.